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Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - Poverty Status of
People by Selected Characteristics in 2001
(Numbers in thousands)
All races White Black
Below Below Below
poverty level poverty level poverty level
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
BELOW 175 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 281,475 72,018 25.6 229,675 52,694 22.9 35,871 14,962 41.7
Under 18 years.......... 72,021 23,769 33.0 56,089 16,288 29.0 11,556 5,990 51.8
18 to 24 years.......... 27,312 8,776 32.1 21,644 6,307 29.1 3,956 1,818 45.9
25 to 34 years.......... 38,670 9,376 24.2 30,896 6,923 22.4 5,040 1,840 36.5
35 to 44 years.......... 44,284 8,486 19.2 36,155 6,231 17.2 5,495 1,685 30.7
45 to 54 years.......... 39,545 6,069 15.3 32,905 4,303 13.1 4,475 1,340 29.9
55 to 59 years.......... 14,667 2,515 17.2 12,530 1,909 15.2 1,433 472 32.9
60 to 64 years.......... 11,208 2,466 22.0 9,666 1,939 20.1 1,063 413 38.8
65 years and over....... 33,769 10,562 31.3 29,790 8,795 29.5 2,853 1,406 49.3
65 to 74 years....... 18,123 4,831 26.7 15,668 3,819 24.4 1,763 791 44.9
75 years and over.... 15,647 5,731 36.6 14,122 4,976 35.2 1,091 615 56.4
Male
Total................ 137,558 32,135 23.4 113,196 23,759 21.0 16,626 6,348 38.2
Under 18 years.......... 36,857 12,166 33.0 28,772 8,362 29.1 5,833 3,015 51.7
18 to 24 years.......... 13,705 3,875 28.3 10,980 2,848 25.9 1,862 723 38.8
25 to 34 years.......... 19,234 4,017 20.9 15,666 3,130 20.0 2,244 636 28.3
35 to 44 years.......... 21,822 3,713 17.0 18,105 2,876 15.9 2,465 609 24.7
45 to 54 years.......... 19,332 2,807 14.5 16,285 2,055 12.6 2,026 559 27.6
55 to 59 years.......... 7,091 1,057 14.9 6,114 811 13.3 640 186 29.0
60 to 64 years.......... 5,282 1,045 19.8 4,637 843 18.2 434 157 36.1
65 years and over....... 14,235 3,454 24.3 12,637 2,834 22.4 1,122 464 41.3
65 to 74 years....... 8,245 1,789 21.7 7,184 1,407 19.6 753 282 37.4
75 years and over.... 5,991 1,666 27.8 5,453 1,426 26.2 369 182 49.3
Female
Total................ 143,917 39,883 27.7 116,479 28,935 24.8 19,245 8,615 44.8
Under 18 years.......... 35,164 11,603 33.0 27,317 7,925 29.0 5,723 2,974 52.0
18 to 24 years.......... 13,607 4,900 36.0 10,664 3,459 32.4 2,095 1,095 52.3
25 to 34 years.......... 19,436 5,358 27.6 15,230 3,793 24.9 2,796 1,205 43.1
35 to 44 years.......... 22,461 4,773 21.2 18,050 3,355 18.6 3,030 1,075 35.5
45 to 54 years.......... 20,213 3,262 16.1 16,620 2,248 13.5 2,449 781 31.9
55 to 59 years.......... 7,575 1,459 19.3 6,417 1,098 17.1 793 286 36.0
60 to 64 years.......... 5,926 1,421 24.0 5,029 1,096 21.8 628 256 40.8
65 years and over....... 19,534 7,107 36.4 17,153 5,961 34.8 1,731 942 54.4
65 to 74 years....... 9,878 3,042 30.8 8,484 2,411 28.4 1,009 509 50.5
75 years and over.... 9,656 4,066 42.1 8,669 3,550 41.0 721 433 60.0
Nativity
Native.................. 249,053 60,402 24.3 208,201 44,018 21.1 32,972 13,947 42.3
Foreign Born............ 32,422 11,616 35.8 21,475 8,676 40.4 2,899 1,015 35.0
Naturalized citizen.. 11,962 2,960 24.7 7,197 2,036 28.3 999 241 24.2
Not a citizen........ 20,460 8,656 42.3 14,278 6,640 46.5 1,900 774 40.7
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,950 23,022 32.4 55,238 15,686 28.4 11,419 5,900 51.7
Under 6 years........ 23,014 8,284 36.0 17,920 5,780 32.3 3,653 2,043 55.9
6 to 17 years........ 47,936 14,738 30.7 37,318 9,906 26.5 7,766 3,857 49.7
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - Poverty Status of
People by Selected Characteristics in 2001
(Numbers in thousands)
Hispanic Origin White Non-Hispanic
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
BELOW 175 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 37,312 16,917 45.3 194,538 36,789 18.9
Under 18 years.......... 12,763 7,014 55.0 44,095 9,690 22.0
18 to 24 years.......... 4,879 2,250 46.1 17,026 4,188 24.6
25 to 34 years.......... 6,994 2,832 40.5 24,320 4,238 17.4
35 to 44 years.......... 5,439 2,148 39.5 31,029 4,219 13.6
45 to 54 years.......... 3,399 1,072 31.5 29,733 3,325 11.2
55 to 59 years.......... 1,103 339 30.8 11,486 1,587 13.8
60 to 64 years.......... 839 322 38.4 8,876 1,640 18.5
65 years and over....... 1,896 939 49.5 27,973 7,901 28.2
65 to 74 years....... 1,175 560 47.7 14,550 3,294 22.6
75 years and over.... 722 379 52.6 13,423 4,607 34.3
Male
Total................ 19,058 8,296 43.5 95,260 15,939 16.7
Under 18 years.......... 6,557 3,626 55.3 22,631 4,958 21.9
18 to 24 years.......... 2,586 1,099 42.5 8,546 1,808 21.2
25 to 34 years.......... 3,726 1,351 36.3 12,142 1,838 15.1
35 to 44 years.......... 2,839 1,086 38.2 15,417 1,847 12.0
45 to 54 years.......... 1,625 467 28.7 14,766 1,623 11.0
55 to 59 years.......... 516 142 27.6 5,631 678 12.0
60 to 64 years.......... 401 143 35.8 4,261 711 16.7
65 years and over....... 809 381 47.2 11,866 2,475 20.9
65 to 74 years....... 522 222 42.6 6,689 1,204 18.0
75 years and over.... 287 159 55.5 5,177 1,271 24.6
Female
Total................ 18,254 8,621 47.2 99,278 20,850 21.0
Under 18 years.......... 6,205 3,388 54.6 21,464 4,731 22.0
18 to 24 years.......... 2,293 1,150 50.2 8,480 2,380 28.1
25 to 34 years.......... 3,268 1,481 45.3 12,178 2,401 19.7
35 to 44 years.......... 2,601 1,063 40.9 15,612 2,372 15.2
45 to 54 years.......... 1,774 605 34.1 14,966 1,701 11.4
55 to 59 years.......... 587 197 33.6 5,855 910 15.5
60 to 64 years.......... 438 179 40.9 4,615 929 20.1
65 years and over....... 1,088 558 51.3 16,107 5,426 33.7
65 to 74 years....... 653 337 51.7 7,861 2,090 26.6
75 years and over.... 435 220 50.7 8,246 3,336 40.5
Nativity
Native.................. 22,276 9,670 43.4 187,293 35,002 18.7
Foreign Born............ 15,037 7,247 48.2 7,245 1,787 24.7
Naturalized citizen.. 3,781 1,299 34.4 3,642 803 22.0
Not a citizen........ 11,256 5,948 52.8 3,602 984 27.3
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 12,539 6,833 54.5 43,459 9,265 21.3
Under 6 years........ 4,565 2,577 56.4 13,638 3,361 24.6
6 to 17 years........ 7,974 4,256 53.4 29,821 5,904 19.8
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
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